

Syriana
"Everything is connected."
Overview
The Middle Eastern oil industry is the backdrop of this tense drama, which weaves together numerous story lines. Bennett Holiday is an American lawyer in charge of facilitating a dubious merger of oil companies, while Bryan Woodman, a Switzerland-based energy analyst, experiences both personal tragedy and opportunity during a visit with Arabian royalty. Meanwhile, veteran CIA agent Bob Barnes uncovers an assassination plot with unsettling origins.
Movie Details
Budget
$50.0M
$50,000,000
Revenue
$94.0M
$93,974,620
Languages
Arabic
+5 more
Studio
Participant
+5 more
Key Crew

Stephen Gaghan
Director

Jennifer Fox
Producer

Georgia Kacandes
Producer

Stephen Gaghan
Screenplay

George Clooney
Executive Producer

Jeff Skoll
Executive Producer

Steven Soderbergh
Executive Producer
Cast

George Clooney
Bob Barnes

Matt Damon
Bryan Woodman

Jeffrey Wright
Bennett Holiday

Chris Cooper
Jimmy Pope

Amanda Peet
Julie Woodman

William Hurt
Stan

Christopher Plummer
Dean Whiting

Alexander Siddig
Prince Nasir Al-Subaai

Kayvan Novak
Arash

Amr Waked
Mohammed Sheik Agiza

Robert Foxworth
Tommy Barton

Nicky Henson
Sydney Hewitt

Nicholas Art
Riley Woodman

Steven Hinkle
Max Woodman

Daisy Tormé
Rebecca

Peter Gerety
Leland "Lee" Janus

Richard Lintern
Bryan's Boss
Mazhar Munir
Wasim Khan

Jocelyn Quivrin
Vincent

Shahid Ahmed
Saleem Ahmed Khan